June 25 demonstrations Stories

DCI grills Rigathi Gachagua's allies over June 25 protests
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 04, 2025

Former NHIF boss Geoffrey Mwangi and Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) official Assumpta Wangui were summoned to the Directorate of Criminal Inve...

Three activists linked to June 25 protests freed on bail as police probe arson, looting
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 02, 2025

In her ruling, Magistrate Irene Kahuya upheld the suspects' constitutional rights to liberty and bail, ordering their release on a cash bail of Sh200,...

Saba Saba: Protests loom on July 7 as lobby issues Ruto fresh demands
Barack Oduor  |  Jul 01, 2025

The National Alternative Alliance, a consortium of political parties and civil societies, said they are planning to rally Kenyans to commemorate Saba...

DCI claims missing blogger Ndiangui Kinyagia incited public to occupy State House
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jul 01, 2025

The DCI has denied arresting or detaining Ndiangui Kinyagia and dismissed claims that he is being held incommunicado as malicious, unfounded, and base...

Boniface Mwangi says State deflecting accountability by stoking protest unrest
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 01, 2025

Boniface Mwangi said the violence in areas like OTC and Kenyatta Avenue had no connection to protesters, adding that police helicopters surveilled the...

Ministry of Health waives medical bills for Nairobi protest victims
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jul 01, 2025

According to the Ministry of Health, the decision was made in response to the physical injuries and emotional trauma experienced by protest victims.

Post-mortem reveals two Emali protesters died from gunshot wounds
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 30, 2025

The deaths form part of a growing toll from the June 25 protests, during which several Kenyans were killed by police.

Lawyer Shadrack Wambui speaks, claims he is being targeted over Gen Z protests
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jun 30, 2025

Shadrack Wambui, who had presented himself today at Rongai police station, told journalists that he had been summoned without being furnished with pro...

485 arrested following June 25 protests, says DCI boss Amin
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 30, 2025

Accoring to DCI Mohamed Amin, of those arrested, 448 have already been charged with serious offenses ranging from murder, terrorism and rape to arson,...

Boniface Kariuki: Mask vendor shot during Gen Z protests dies at KNH, family confirms
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 30, 2025

Boniface Kariuki had undergone two surgeries at Kenyatta National Hospital, where he remained in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) until his death.

Motion filed to delist Kithure Kindiki, Kipchumba Murkomen from Roll of Advocates over protest crackdown
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 30, 2025

The motion accuses the two of gross professional misconduct and violating the Advocates’ Code of Conduct during their tenure as cabinet secretaries re...

Continued abductions, threats will fuel civil unrest, section of leaders warn
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 29, 2025

The President has insisted that the government “will not be shaken” by ongoing demonstrations.

Garissa elders urge peace, restraint ahead of 2027 polls amidst rising tensions
Issa Hussein  |  Jun 30, 2025

The peace committee said demonstrations are constitutional rights, but must be sanctioned through proper procedures.

Gachagua dismisses Ruto's "coup plot" claims as fiction, blames government for protest chaos
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 29, 2025

Gachagua distanced himself from the destruction witnessed during the June 25 demonstrations and blamed the state for what he termed as calculated inti...

Boniface Kariuki, hawker shot by police during Nairobi protest declared brain dead, family says
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 29, 2025

Family spokesperson Emily Wanjira said doctors at Kenyatta National Hospital informed them that while Kariuki still has a pulse and his organs remain...

Political observers express caution over leaders’ blame games on violence ahead of 2027 polls
Barack Oduor  |  Jun 28, 2025

Politicians allied to the broad-based government have called for the arrest of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over alleged links to the chao...

High Court restrains DCI from arresting Lawyer Shadrack Wambui over June 25 anniversary protests
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jun 28, 2025

Wambui had on Friday sought the anticipatory bail and orders barring the DCI and the Director of Public Prosecutions from arresting and locking him up...

"They wanted to kill me", says female police officer attacked during June 25 anniversary protests
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 28, 2025

She suffered a head wound and a foot injury. Her mobile phone and police gear were stolen in the chaos. In a moment of compassion, a few protesters pl...

Court rejects bid to charge police over death of protester Beasley Kamau
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 28, 2025

The family had sought a mandatory order compelling the State to investigate, discipline, and prosecute police officers allegedly involved in Kamau’s d...

25 protesters detained for 14 days over Kikuyu violent demos
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 28, 2025

The protests turned violent when demonstrators torched the Kikuyu Law Courts, Kikuyu Sub-County offices, and several government vehicles, including tr...

Don’t blame Gachagua over demos and fix the country, opposition tells Ruto
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 28, 2025

They faulted the government for blaming former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, calling the move a diversion from the real issues confronting the co...

LSK condemns CS Kipchumba Murkomen's 'shoot-to-kill order', warns police against illegal directives
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jun 27, 2025

LSK warned that any police officer who acts on the shoot-to-kill order allegedly alluded to by Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen would be held personally...

Lawyer Shadrack Wambui alleges plot to arrest him over June 25 protests, seeks anticipatory bail
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jun 27, 2025

Lawyer Shadrack Wambui says unless the high court intervenes and grants the orders, he stands to suffer unlawful deprivation of liberty, irreparable h...

Families of victims demand probe into extrajudicial killings, torture
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 27, 2025

The group says 2024 saw a sharp increase in state-linked killings and disappearances, with 159 cases documented, including 104 extrajudicial killings...

Former CJ David Maraga says security withdrawn over 'June 25 memorial protests support'
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jun 27, 2025

David Maraga claimed that the withdrawal came abruptly, despite his legal entitlement to police protection as a retired Chief Justice under the Retire...

7,000 bags of fertiliser looted from NCPB's Maua depot during June 25 protests - Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 27, 2025

In a statement, Kagwe said the depot was attacked and vandalised when peaceful demonstrations were hijacked by criminals in Maua, Meru County, on Wedn...

Businesses reeling: Nairobi faces massive losses after June 25 memorial unrest
Barack Oduor  |  Jun 27, 2025

Along Moi Avenue and Loita Street, massive flower vases that the city management had used to beautify the city were either broken or turned upside dow...

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